(The Daily Star)- Egypt's Foreign Minister has protested remarks by the chief of the world's largest bloc of Muslim countries, for mocking Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi. Sameh Shukry warned Iyad Madani, the head of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, on Saturday that Egypt...

There are more than two months left in 2016, but the number of people who have died this year trying to reach European shores via smuggling routes across the Mediterranean Sea surpassed last year's grim total. A spokesman for the United Nations' refugee agency said Wednesday that 3,800 had died...

The Egyptian pound has fallen further against the U.S. dollar, now trading at more than 16 pounds to the greenback, local forex traders said Wednesday. Traders, who preferred anonymity due to security concerns, told Anadolu Agency that the dollar was now selling at a record high of 16.25...

(The Daily Star)- An Egyptian court has upheld life sentences against the top leader of the country's now outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group and 36 others, including former ministers, in murder and violence charges, and upheld death sentences against 10 others tried in absentia. The Appeals...